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Pennsylvania Treatment Centers

in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.

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